In order for you to gain a little more clarity behind the purpose and mission of the Community Tang Soo Do Association, we must give you a brief history of our journey to this point.
Master Preston has been in Tang Soo Do for 25 years (since 1988) and has been a Dan grade since 1991. His lineage is strong and can be tracked back to the Founder of Tang Soo Do Moo Duk Kwan, Great GrandMaster Hwang Kee who sadly passed away in 2002.
On the 22nd June 2010, he experienced the loss of his Daughter, Bethany-Shannon to an unknown ‘natural cause’, but a suspicion of the result of a sudden cardiac event. This is something he obviously has to live with, however, he will always say that Bethany wasn’t about how she died, but about how she lived.
In March 2011, Master Preston, along with his family, founded Bethany's Legacy, which ws to be a group of people who dedicate their time and effort to supporting other people who maybe facing a similar circumstance.
He has continued to practice Tang Soo Do which has given him the strength of character to be able to continue to make a difference to people whilst continuing to manage his own grief. In 2012, He decided to take a sabatical in order to concentrate on rebuilding his family's lifestyle with also the addition of his second daughter Sophie. In that time, he have held numerous charity events and raising a lot of funding for various charities and thereffor felt it is time to merge the two ventures together and subsequently the concept of Community Tang Soo Do Association was born.
With this in mind, it made sense for Master Preston to return to the Tang Soo Do Martial Way Association due to the fact of Kwan Jang Nim Andy Ah Po's personal philosophy of the purpose of the martial arts in building who we are so that we can maximise our abiltiy to help other people.
"The greatest gift we have as human beings is the ability to serve others"
Kwan Jang Nim Ah Po at the 2010 KoDanJa Shim Sa, Oviedo, Florida, USA
In November 2013, Kwan Jang Nim Andy Ah Po accepted Master Preston as a personal student and is guiding him in his new challenge along with developing his own practice as a Tang Soo Do martial artist.
Please do feel free to learn about us, and if you would like to attend a class, either turn up or send us an email and we will get back in touch.